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Linux Boot Process
From the standpoint of any O/S, the very first part of the operating system boot process is what’s commonly called the Boot Strap process.
- the O/S loads itself and all required components and drivers into memory to allow processes to communicate with the kernel.
- Once this is done, other applications, drivers and necessary tools for the function of the O/S can be loaded.
However, that’s an incomplete view of the boot process. Several steps, at the hardware level, have to successfully before any of the "Boot Strap" process(es) can even begin.